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[In-app browsers] #browsers #facebook
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browsers-in-app.md

In-app browsers

Source: The Facebook browser – the biggest browser that you ignore

“In-app browsers” are not actual browsers, but a webview window running off your device’s core browser.

the real motivation is to increase dwell time

Links that open in Facebook’s browser are able to keep sharing data, helping build up a thicker, more valuable advertising profile of that user.

Ad not rendering correctly in facebook browser

Disabling in-appp browsers

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